From Ash To Alabaster

Here's a little something inspired by B.O.B.s 'Airplanes'! Apart from that first part of the starter line it's all my rhyme though - an original composition, and Jabun managed to muster up the masterful beat you hear in the background, along with some melodical background vocals in the hooks. This was posted on his account earlier, but in an effort of freeing space I'm re-uploading it here instead. Stay tuned for future stuff. :) Lyrics below: ------------------------------ We all want to live that life... Stand tall beneath the city lights But not all can make it! This world crushes dreams as if they're nothing sacred So much I've forsaken, so much at stake it, sometimes Doesn't feel like I can take it... --- I could really use a wish right now Sitting on a bench with a six pack bound in a distant town All I do is zigzac round worthless Purpose is ranked number one on my wishlist now All these wishes downed like I don't deserve wishes! The world is vicious, I get burns and blisters But the worst injury I endured with stitches Was fainting in a shower so you see the pitch is Anything can happen you can take a crap when You get a heart attack it's whack but that's the fact man Elvis didn't come out from the bathroom intact So I know I better rap these tracks - get my act on Stand strong like I strap bombs at Nam I want in on the action but the fact is that I gotta take action no grip without traction Slip once, and you're bound to be last but ( I'm wishing for a better life Is that a falling star or just a satellite? I don't know what is after life But whatever's after, I won't be just a passerby ) So many aspects that I gotta master! To turn my tracks from ash to alabaster! But flowers bloom in the wake of disaster Everything's a cycle I look back at the past and see Life moves fast so I've got to move faster So much time passed but the past is a tractor If I wanna go far I'ma have to go hard Maybe in a Go Cart, don't forget the laughter Life's bleak if there is no beat Life's a long gray street if there is no musique I've had weeks feeling like I'm choked by sudden grief When I rhyme I breath, this is bliss to me So you know you better listen to this emcee I'm searching for purpose, so far this is me So far this is my vision why I exist to be I gotta live in the now not in history ( chorus ) I won't be just a passerby! I'm gonna carve my place in time I'm gonna climb the mountain I'm gonna climb ------------------------------ If you liked this, do check out our earlier collabs too: https://soundcloud.com/cyberdevil/cyberdevils-back-2016 https://soundcloud.com/cyberdevil/cyberdevils-back And check out Jabun's music here: https://soundcloud.com/jabun